NMNH A172311

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A172311

6/11/19

Found near Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio. Purchased from Mrs. Annie E. Frazar for $2.00 on June 14th, 1895

Olive gray with dark greenish black banding

18.7

3.4

2.6

0.3

237.4

The Pick bannerstone was broken diagonally across the perforation either because the stone is weakest at the perforation or because it was intentionally broken as is common with bannerstones during the Archaic period. The break is along the banding which might indicate that it was struck at the perforation and broke in a perfect oval along the banding. At some point after it was broken, possibly in the Archaic period, two holes were drilled to repair the stone with some kind of plug. Both pieces were additionally glued with adhesive presumably in the 19th century. Mrs. A. E. Frazar is written on the stone.

6000-1000 BCE

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